Attachment for fishing-floats.



S. W. DAVIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR FISHING FLOATS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, I914.

1,149,033. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

WITNESSES MW ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH COUWASHINOTON, n. c.

SAMUEL WILLIA Davis; on sAixi ANGELO, TEXAS.

ATTACHMENT FOR FISHING-FLOATS.

Specification of letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Application filed November 17,1914. Serial No. 872,536.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of San Angelo, county of Tom Green, and

State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Attachment forFishing-Floats, of

which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to means for fastening aflshing float on thefishing line. i

Objects of my invention are to provide an attachment that may be appliedto, known forms of floats; to provide anattachment which may bepermanently secured to the float and having means for the attachment anddetachment of the line; and to provide for the secure retention of thefloat-on the line.

A further objectof the invention is to promote convenience in theattachment and detachment of the float.

Incarrying out my invention an element is provided preferably tubularand adapted to be fixedly secured in duplicate on the float near theends, said element having a linereceiving member presenting an entranceopening through whichthe line may be entered laterally instead of bythreading the line through the securing attachment. A coactingline-retaining device is associated with the first mentioned element,and is movable thereon to co-act with the linereceiving member to permitthe ready entrance or removal of the line in attaching or detaching thefloat.

The invention will plained in the specific description following.Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which: I Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my improved attachment applied to a float and the latterattached to a section of a fishing line; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detailin side elevation showing the attachment at the opposite side from thatillustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on an enlargedscale on theline 3-8 Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 butshowing the line-retaining device in position to permit entrance of theline to the receiving device; and F ig. 5 is a fragmentary view with theparts in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, but illustrating anotherform of the attachment.

be particularly ex- In constructing a practicalembodiment of myinvention in accordance with the illustrated example, a body 10 isprovided of a character to be secured to a float A. The floatillustrated isof known form, having a buoyant body and elongatedterminals a.

Preferably I form the body 10 tubular to be slipped on a terminal a andthen secured fixedly .inposition as by a tack 11 or any equivalentfastener. At one side of the body a lateral extension is formed into ahook adapted to receive the fish line B. Advantageously the body isformed of sheet metal,

and the outer endof the lateral extension 10 is bent to formtheline-retaining hook generally designated by the numeral 12. Thematerial of the'body is then again returned on itself at theinside, asat 13,'to form a hook of double thickness. From the inturned portion 13the plateis then extended in arch form as at 14 and to the opposite sideto constitute a lateral extension 10", the terminal ends 15, 16, of theplate being overlapped and soldered or otherwise united, if desired. Thetransversely ranging side 14; of the tubular body forms a broad curvedseat for a slideplate 17 which constitutes a retainer for the fish linewhen the latter is received in the hook 12. Said plate 17 is united tothe tubular body at the seat 14 by .a slot and pin connection, therebeing a headed pin or pins 19 on the body and a bayonet slot or slots18in the plate 17. The

plate 17 for a portion of its length is curved to approximately conformto the curvature of the seat 14:, and is carried outwardly beyond theextension 10 to form a handle 17 of reduced width, the edge of thehandle being returned one or more times to provide a thickened fingerhold. The opposite end 20 which lies. adjacent to the hook 12 isthickened, being returned on itself and then returned inwardly beneaththe first returned member as at 21. The thickened edge 20 thus providedis adapted to form a substantial closure for the entrance opening 22 atthe bill of the hook 12. 1

By the described construction, one of the attachments having beensecured to each terminal a of the float, the line B is enteredlaterally, the hook 12 being disposed toward the opposite side of theattachment. After the entrance of the fish line to the hook, the plate17 is slid to bring its thickened end 20 into the hook. The movementpermitted is such that the said thickened end 20 will enter in thebillof the hook to lie close to the line. It will be observed that themain arm of a bayonet slot 18 ranges transversely to the float and lineand therefore transversely to the body 10, while the other arm of abayonet slot is oblique to the first arm. The result is that the plate17 after being slid into engagement with the hook V is then moved with apin 19 engaging the walls of .the oblique arm of the slot to (give afurther e20 toward The hook 12 is more or less movement of the thickenede the fish line.

resilient so that the thickened edge 20, will Fig. 5 are the same in allrespects as in the other figures, with the single exception that thesingle-slot 18 isemployed and, a single pin 19*.

The friction on the line when the-float with its described attachmentsare in place is such that the line will not accidentally move throughthe guides of its own volition,

, but the friction may be overcome by sliding the float along the lineor pullingon the line toposition the float properly according to thedepth that it is desired to submerge the hooks. g

Having thus described my lnvention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An attachment for fishing floats comprising a sheet metal tubularbody having a lateral extension bent to constitute a hook transverselydisposed in the direction of the adapted to opposite side of said bodyand Copies of this patent maybe obtained for bayonet slot receive a fishline, the bill' of the hook being resilient and a line-retaining plateslidably mounted on the'body transverse to the axis of the tubular bodyto move toward and from the hook and having a formation at that endadjacent to the hook to be snugly received in the space between the billand the shank of the hook, and held by the resiliency of the hook.

' 2. A11 attachment for fishing floats comprising a sheet metal tubularbody having a lateral extension bent to present a transverse hookdisposed in the direction of-the opposite side of the body, said hookbeing adapted to receive a fish line and being resilient, and atransversely movable slide on.

the body, the end of the slide being folded on itself presenting athickened portion slidably fitting the hook to form a-closure thereforand adapted to beheld by the resiliency of the hook.

3. An attachment for fishing floats comprising abody adapted to be'secured on a float and having a transverse line-receivinghook disposedin the direction of the opposite side and a line-receiving plate on thebody having a pin, the said plate having a one arm of -which extendstransversely of'the bodyin the direction of 1 the hook and the other armof which is oblique to the first arm, that edge of the plate toward thehook forming a closure of the latter. and engaging therewith bymovementof the plate corresponding with the dig rection of the arms ofthe bayonet slot.

In testimony whereof Ihavesigned my name to this specificationin thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. V

SAMUEL WILLIAM DAVIS. Witnesses: N. S. Rrvns,

J .H. JORDAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. C.

